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(c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OR (01-Jul) -- You could call it what you want: a war of attrition, fartlek, or game of cat and mouse. The men's Olympic Trials 10,000m was a pure test of will, with athletes wavering back and forth trying to decide what...
The rising stars of Australian men’s track and field have shone across the globe these past twenty-four hours, with Joel Baden (Vic) and Kurtis Marschall (SA) both qualifying for the Olympic Games as Jack Hale (Tas) bettered the national under 20 100m record. Competing in the men’s high jump at...
The IAAF Doping Review Board has today decided its first case of an athlete seeking exceptional eligibility to compete in International Competition as a neutral athlete under Competition Rule 22.1A. The Doping Review Board, which is composed of Robert Hersh (chair), Sylvia Barlag and Antti Pihlakoski, has unanimously accepted the...
MUNICH // A World Anti-Doping Agency report said Thursday that corruption was “embedded” at the world athletics body piling pressure on its new leader Sebastian Coe. IAAF leaders must have been aware of the full extent of doping in Russia but did nothing to stop it, and the track and...
Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana smashed the world record* to win the 10,000m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, clocking 29:17.45 to win the first athletics gold medal of the Games. The race was fast from the outset with Kenya’s Alice Aprot Nawowuna setting the early pace, taking the field through 3000m...
MATT TEGENKAMP RETIRES FROM PROFESSIONAL RUNNING
Most recent post up top. Keep refreshing as this page is updated constantly as the Aussies perform and people tweet, post etc... VALIANT EFFORT! ? Kurtis Marschall fails on his third attempt in the Pole Vault, finishes 15th on countback and won't progress to the final— Athletics Australia (@AthsAust) August...
How Millennials Ended the Running Boom Time Can’t Beat Ed Whitlock: Running’s 85-Year-Old Legend IAAF president calls for athletics to be 'more entertaining' Soldier who died after London Marathon hailed as hero at funeral Running man challenge heats up as firefighters join in IAAF Preview: Walk Team Champs Men's 20K Caster Semenya prepares for second...
Hamish Peacock (Tas) and Ryan Gregson (NSW) are determined to add their names to the list of athletes qualified for Rio 2016 at the Briggs Athletics Classic in Hobart (Tas) this Saturday 13 February. A local favourite in his home city, Peacock narrowly missed the Olympic Games javelin standard at...
Congrats 4 x medallist @JaredTallent #Silver #AUS champion on so many fronts @7olympics #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/Mha5lCUPQL — Jim Wilson (@JimWilsonTV) August 19, 2016 Gutsy #Silver for @JaredTallent - he collapses over line along with 3rd & 4th.#Athletics https://t.co/zZ3mztbRwM https://t.co/M7CnB4zSV9 — 7Olympics (@7olympics) August 19, 2016 COURAGE FROM JARED That's it! Silver for Australia!@JaredTallent wins silver...
                   

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